Times Square during its transitional hour just around 5 a.m. is a strange scene, when one of the busiest places on earth takes a pause and momentarily presents as empty and quiet. This movement from a state of chaos into total stillness is even more jarring in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, when crowds of NYE revelers have departed and left a colorful mess behind.
Photographer Gretchen Robinette ventured to the Crossroads of the World at 5:45 a.m. on January 1st, where she found street sweepers covered in confetti and stragglers white-knuckling on to the night. And the DSNY shoveling some of the city's prettiest trash...
Photo by Gretchen Robinette/Gothamist
